One of my rants about St. Louis–usually found on Blog Saint Louis, the companion site to ArchPundit, is that Saint Louis leaders couldn’t find hip if it was attached to their thigh. But to give some credit to Blagorgeous, his admin is running commercials with Wilco songs promoting Illinois. As the Join Cross guys say–that is cool and hip.
Far more hip than Elvis.
And the problem–with Saint Louis? The Mayor nor anyone on RCGA has ever heard of Jay Farrar despite his residence on the South Side, ever present attendance at local concerts and a nationally known artist.
But they know who Nelly is. Dandy. I need to move North again.
And Chris–it isn’t as if I can get Steve Brown to pay attention anyway-unless a reader from around the office wants to bug him about the problem. (yes I know Steve Brown is not on that end of things, but lets face it–if the Speaker is going to get a fire lit under him to do something, it’s coming from Brown).
“The Mayor nor anyone on RCGA has ever heard of Jay Farrar despite his residence on the South Side, ever present attendance at local concerts and a nationally known artist. But they know who Nelly is. Dandy. I need to move North again.”
Don’t fool yourself into thinking that Da Mayor is anymore hip to popular music than the SL mayor.
In fact, since the E3 fiasco, it seems as if Da Mayor is at war with live music venues in this city. Both DeRogatis in the S.T. and Kot at the Trib have chronicled the Daley administration’s complete failure to appreciate the asset it has in both Chicago music history and the current “Chicago Scene”.
But Daley should be warned, “You Can’t Stop the Rock!”